Gary Lucy

Gary Lucy
Gary Lucy outside Theatre Royal, Newcastle, October 2014
Born	(1981-11-27) 27 November 1981 Chigwell, Essex, England
Occupation	Actor, Model
Years active	1996-
Television	Dream Team (1997–1998) Hollyoaks (1999–2002) Footballers' Wives (2002–2004) The Bill (2005–2010) Dancing on Ice (2010, 2014) EastEnders (2012, 2013–2014)
Spouse(s)	Natasha Gray (married 2014)
Website	http://www.officialgarylucy.co.uk

Gary Edward Lucy (born 27 November 1981, Chigwell, Essex) is an English actor and model. He is best known for his roles as DC Will Fletcher in the ITV police drama The Bill, Kyle Pascoe in the ITV football drama Footballers' Wives, Luke Morgan in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks and Danny Pennant in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He was also a contestant in the ITV talent show Dancing on Ice in 2010 and the 'All-Stars Series' in 2014.

Career

Lucy appeared in shows, Grange Hill and Dream Team before getting the role that brought him to public attention, Luke Morgan in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. Lucy undertook a male rape storyline, for which he won the Best Newcomer Award at the 2000 British Soap Awards. Lucy then went on to do three series of the ITV football drama Footballers' Wives where he played Kyle Pascoe, a football player for fictional football club Earl's Park. In 2004, Lucy starred as Michael Sands with Ray Winstone in the ITV drama She's Gone. From 2005 to 2010, he portrayed DC Will Fletcher in the ITV police drama The Bill and appeared in Sky1 show The Match. In 2009, he took part and appeared in the drama film, Whatever It Takes. That same year, he departed from The Bill to "explore other projects".^[1] Lucy took part in the fifth series of the ITV talent show Dancing on Ice, paired with series regular skater Maria Fillipov. On 28 March 2010, Lucy finished as runner-up. On 29 November 2010, he appeared as Ben Lloyd in an episode of the BBC One drama Missing.

On 27 September 2012, Lucy made his first screen appearance as Danny Pennant in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.^[2] On 6 March 2013, it was announced that Lucy would be returning to EastEnders as a permanent cast member.^[3]

In early 2014, Lucy appeared again as a contestant in the 'All-Stars Series' of Dancing on Ice. He was paired with series regular and skater Katie Stainsby.

In September 2014, Lucy began playing the lead role of Gaz in the touring production of The Full Monty.^[4]

In July 2014, it was announced that Lucy would appear in one episode of BBC medical drama Casualty as patient Val Kildare. He was described as "a loveable rogue, born charmer and conman who exists very much on the wrong side of the tracks". He appeared on 15 November 2014.^[5]

Personal life

Lucy attended Trinity Catholic High School in Woodford Green. In September 2006, he had a traffic collision and crashed his car outside Elstree Studios and badly bruised himself, delaying the filming schedule on The Bill.^[6] He had his own company, Gary Lucy Real Estate.^[7] however this was dissolved in 2014.^[8] He also owns Driving Lessons Finder, an internet based directory of driving schools and driving instructors. Lucy manages several online E-shops for his parents and several smaller online businesses.

Lucy married his wife Natasha Gray on 16 November 2014 and was covered and featured with a magazine deal with OK!. They have three children, daughters India Jasmine (born 2005) and Sadie Lucy (born September 2015)^[9] and son Elvis Lucy (born 2011).

Filmography

Theatre

• The Full Monty (musical) - 2014, stage adaptation of the film The Full Monty, Theatre Royal, Newcastle

References

External links

• Official Gary Lucy Site
• Gary Lucy at the Internet Movie Database